02GF74
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 03:08 PM |
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making a ball joint
I have a summit rear view mirror whcih had a split placcy bit where it goes over the ball.
Tried to repair it but mafe a pigs ear so need some ideas how to fit it to the ball.
thinking of making a metal bracket with a hole but the ball is bigger than the hole so impossible to get it over that
... so if I made it in two parts, then reassemble (glue/ali wled) thay may work.
.... or a trip to the scrapies to find suitable mirror excpet I have found (yes - I bought an other summit mirror) that since mirrors are mounted
hanging form the screen, I cannot get the right adjusment for a bulkhead one.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 03:23 PM |
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how about grp over the cracked bit, smooth and paint.
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nib1980
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 03:28 PM |
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What about a bracket to make the otyher good mirror fit. one between the mirror base plate and the bulkhead?
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RazMan
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 04:24 PM |
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Can you use a spherical bearing like the ones used on gear linkages etc?
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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graememk
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 06:54 PM |
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buy a new one you'll never be happy with it 
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indykid
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 07:04 PM |
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if you got a full size summit mirror, as in shaped like a proper car one, you'll need to cut a bit of the bottom out of the socket, to allow the
stem to turn further into the mirror back. either a stanley knife, or a drill bit, and just ream it out. oh, and it's a really tight fit onto
the ball.
it does work, honest
tom
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